Name: Federative Republic of Brazil
Location : South America
Time : Brazil spans several time zones from IST (-) 7 1/2 to (-) 10 1/2 hrs
Capital : Brasilia
Language : Portuguese, Spanish, English, Italian, French and German are also widely spoken, especially in tourist areas.
Area : 8,547,403 sq kms
Population : 164,000,000
National Day : 07 Sep (Independence Day)
Currency : Real 1(R$) = INR 21.0059
Climate : Varies from arid scrubland in the interior to the impassable tropical rainforests of the northerly Amazon jungle and the tropical eastern coastal beaches. The south is more temperate. Rainy seasons occur from January to April in the north, April to July in the northeast and November to March in the Rio/São Paulo area.
Holidays : January 01, 2009 New Year's Day. 20 Jan* Founding of Rio de Janeiro. 25 Jan* Founding of São Paulo. 20-24 Feb Carnival. 10 Apr Good Friday. 13 Apr Easter Day. 21 Apr Tiradentes. 1 May Labour Day. 11 Jun Corpus Christi.7 Sep Independence Day. 12 Oct Our Lady Aparecida, Patron St of Brazil. 2 Nov All Souls' Day. 15 Nov Republic Day. 24 Dec Christmas Eve. 25 Dec Christmas Day. 31 Dec New Year's Eve.
Airline Name : Varig (RG)
International Airports : Galeao(GIG) (Rio De Janeiro), Guarulhos (Sao Paulo) (VCP) , Brasilia International (BSB)
